Audio Vision Radio Reading Service is Online By Michael McCarty on Streaming audio
Think for a moment how your life would change if you couldn't read a newspaper, magazine, or book. Because you have this "luxury", you may not realize how the morning paper can affect your life. Unfortunately, there are as many as 180,000 Californians who, due to blindness, impaired vision, or physical disability, have had to learn to live without. Now, through AUDIO VISION Radio Reading Service for the Blind, many people once caught in this information void have 24-hour, seven-days-a-week access to the local and national news and information that shapes our lives. Everything from the front-page stories to the grocery store advertisements is read by volunteers and is broadcast over what is called a "sub-frequency" of a public FM radio station. In California, the broadcast can be heard only through the use of a special radio receiver. For the blind and print handicapped, this service is as big a part of their lives as breakfast, lunch and dinner. Anyone who cannot read due to blindness, impaired vision or physical handicap can request the AUDIO VISION service. The ultimate goal of AUDIO VISION is to make this broadcast available to anyone who needs it without the use of expensive special access receivers. The broadcast of newspapers is now available online. It is not a live stream but a archival selection. Each days reading is replaced by the current day. Click tis link to visit http://www.audiovisionradio.org. Posted on: Tue, Feb 26 2008 11:27 AM Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
